Primary neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1733-1740

  Chaer, Rabih ^a   Massad, Malek G ^a   Evans, Alexander ^a   Snow, Norman J ^a   Geha, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; INDIUM 111; OCTREOTIDE; RADIOISOTOPE; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; STREPTOZOCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THYMOMA;

EID: 0036840647     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03547-6     Document Type: Article

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